Georges Khabbaz
| Georges Khabbaz | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tripoli, Lebanon |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1991-present |
Georges Khabbaz (Arabic:جورج خبّاز) (born in Tripoli) is a Lebanese actor and play writer most famous for his role in the festival award-winning film Under the Bombs. His debut was in 1991.
Career
In 2006, Khabbaz starred with Nada Abou Farhat in the film Under the Bombs (or Sous Les Bombes) directed by Philippe Aractingi. The film, which used "real shots of the war and of the horrors it created among the civilian population", follows a Muslim woman as she tries to find her son in the immediate aftermath of the Lebanese war, accompanied by a Christian taxi driver (Khabbaz). London Evening Standard reviewer Derek Malcolm praised Khabbaz's performance as "excellent".[1] However Time Out London reviewer Dave Calhoun described the film as "deeply flawed".[2] The film was one of 16 out of 983 submissions to be selected for screening at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.[3] Khabbaz was awarded Best Actor in a Feature at the 8th Annual Rotterdam Arab Film Festival for the role.[4]
The 2008 film Silina, directed by Hatem Ali, saw Khabbaz together with Duraid Lahham and Miriam Fares in a film retelling of the operetta Hala and the King (originally by Mansour and Assi Rahbani). Khabbaz plays the King of Silina, who is tricked by his entourage and as a result proposes marriage to a poor woman, believing her to be a princess he is destined to marry.[5]
Television
- 1996: Fingers of gold
- 1997-2001: Bassmat watan
- 1997: Women in the storm
- 1998: Shabeb w Banet
- 1999: Sanabel el Hobb
- 2001: killa melha
- 2003 and 2004: Abdo w Abdo
- 2005: Se'a Bel Ize'a
- 2006: Fadi & Radi
- 2010: To Yara
- 2011: One of these days (Yawman ma)
Theatre
- 2005: Msibi jdidi
- 2006: Kezzeb kbir
- 2007: Hala wata
- 2008: Shou el adiyye?
- 2009: 3al tari2
- 2010: le professeur
- 2011: Matloub
- 2012: awal bel saf
- 2013: Mish mikhtilfeen
- 2013-2014: natrino
Awards
Khabbaz has won the Murex d'Or award several times: in 2003 for best sitcom, in 2005 for best theatrical play, and in 2007 for best polyvalent artist.[6]
Best Actor 2008, Roterdam Festival for his part in Under the Bombs. Best Play "Kezzeb Kbir" 2007, Festival de Molière, Paris
References
- ↑ Malcolm, Derek (2008-03-20). "A taxi ride to hell". The London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ↑ Calhoun, Dave (2008-03-26). "Under the Bombs (2007)". Time Out London. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ↑ "2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Competition". Film Threat. 2007-11-29. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ↑ Howeidy, Amira (July 2008). "In the eye of the storm". Al-Ahram Weekly Online (904).
- ↑ Atef Fares, Mohammad (June 2009). "A New Take on a Classic Tale". Syria Today.
- ↑ Murex d'Or official site, accessed 2010-12-04
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